Victor Borge Classic Collection

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  • Premiered: Nov 2008
  • Episodes: 12
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  • Comedy

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Season 1
1x1
Show 1
Episode overview
Air date
Feb 03, 1951
In this, the premiere episode, Victor composes a new ballet from bits of classical pieces; hosts a 19th-century Viennese version of Hit Parade; and plays Rachmaninoff's Second Piano Concerto #2. Art Carney appears briefly - as a painting!
1x2
Show 2
Episode overview
Air date
Feb 24, 1951
Victor's comic explanation of different instruments turns into a comic duet with mandolinist Dave Apollon; Victor hosts an 18th-century parody of a TV panel show. Art Carney appears as Franz Schubert.
1x3
Show 3
Episode overview
Air date
Mar 10, 1951
Victor is the victim of a martial-arts demonstration; his piano doctor (Art Carney) makes a house call; and his opera backer wants to make sure her money is being well spent.
1x4
Show 4
Episode overview
Air date
Mar 17, 1951
Victor discusses abbreviations; plays a Russian composer trying to work in Stalinist Russia; reads a letter while Dorothy Jarnac mime-dances to the words; and plays Offenbach's Barcarolle from Tales of Hoffman.
1x5
Show 5
Episode overview
Air date
Mar 31, 1951
Victor is admitted to the hospital for a little R&R and gets anything but; and he's visited by a rather pushy balloon artist.
1x6
Show 6
Episode overview
Air date
Apr 07, 1951
Victor reads his fan mail; appears with Art Carney in a sketch about Johann Strauss; tries to get a seat at a crowded drugstore counter; and plays Clair de Lune.
1x7
Show 7
Episode overview
Air date
Apr 14, 1951
Victor auditions musicians for his show; plays Happy Birthday in the style of different classical composers; and plays Chopin's Polonaise. Sid Raymond (the voice of Baby Huey) appears.
1x8
Show 8
Episode overview
Air date
Apr 21, 1951
Victor gets different results with different batons and explains a comical Mozart opera.
1x9
Show 9
Episode overview
Air date
Apr 28, 1951
Victor plays piano while sharing ideas for modernizing recording sessions; Mildred the Maid's parents come to visit; Victor reluctantly attends a tea party; and plays Malaguena.
1x10
Show 10
Episode overview
Air date
May 05, 1951
Victor shows how different orchestras might play the same piece of classical music; contemplates writing his memoirs; tells what inspired composers to create their most famous pieces; and plays Grieg's Piano Concerto in A Minor.
1x11
Show 11
Episode overview
Air date
May 12, 1951
Victor reveals what musicians are really thinking while playing; interviews Arthur Treacher to be his valet; Arthur and Victor perform a duet on Ragtime Cowboy Joe; and Victor performs Rachmaninoff's Second Piano Concerto #2.
1x14 Show finale
Show 14
Episode overview
Air date
Jun 30, 1951
In the last show of the series, Victor shows how people with different occupations play the piano; interviews an odd assortment of potential summer tenants; welcomes Frankie Thomas (Tom .. show full overview

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